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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 91

Henry VIII (1509-47), second coinage, 1526-44, Sovereign, 15.44g, m.m. lis both sides, king, crowned, seated facing on throne flanked by two pillars, portcullis below feet, frane, rev. shield on rose (dies 2/4, Schneider 571; N.1782; S.2267), light old scratches on reverse, weakness on king´s face, a well-centred coin with uncorrected error in franc, very fine, rare Estimate £ 30,000-40,000 provenance V.J.E. Ryan, Glendining 28-30 June 1950, lot 134 Oswald Fitch, collection bt. Spink, c.1918

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